When a chapter closes it is a mix of emotions. You feel excited, nervous, sad, doubtful...all the feels. Last week I said goodbye to my first apartment that I had been living in for 2 and a half years. Now I know some people may say well it is just an apartment but this apartment meant much more than just a place of living.
I remember seeing this apartment building getting built and every time I would pass it I would think "my goodness that would be a great place to live". Then passing by it one day with my mom she said well why don't we go check it out...three days later I applied and got the apartment. It happened so fast and I was so excited to be moving into this dreamy place but so nervous because it was the first time I would be living alone. I mean mind you I am a completely independent woman with CP but I do struggle with some things like opening jars and bottles, getting things put away quickly, opening packages, etc. But if you set your mind to it you can accomplish it.
This apartment has given me the confidence I needed to really say I can have CP and live a regular independent life. I bought things like an automatic can opener to help me open cans, installed a quick jar opener, bought an instapot to make cooking easier, got a cat to watch over me. I found what works and what I need to be successful. Oh and my apartment location brought me to corepower yoga where I learned how amazing yoga is for my body.
I had friends and family come over and share stories and laughter. I finished my Master's degree while living there. I loved to people watch from my window, I gained how to style a home and make it mine, I have cried and laughed and shared some of the best memories and some of the worst in that apartment.
Apartment 337 gave me so much more than a place to live. It gave me a life I never dreamed of and for that is the reason I cried my eyes out on move out day.
Closing a chapter and moving on to a new chapter by myself is a season I never saw coming. For I always pictured a partner in my new chapter. For this I am still processing and for this I know my God has a plan and sometimes all we can do is let go and trust. My God has been faithful my whole life and has allowed me to reach my dreams and become a successful woman with CP. Sometimes we need to close that chapter in order to find an even better chapter and for that I am trusting to be true. Goodbye apartment 337 (thanks for the beautiful memories) and hello homeownership!
I remember seeing this apartment building getting built and every time I would pass it I would think "my goodness that would be a great place to live". Then passing by it one day with my mom she said well why don't we go check it out...three days later I applied and got the apartment. It happened so fast and I was so excited to be moving into this dreamy place but so nervous because it was the first time I would be living alone. I mean mind you I am a completely independent woman with CP but I do struggle with some things like opening jars and bottles, getting things put away quickly, opening packages, etc. But if you set your mind to it you can accomplish it.
This apartment has given me the confidence I needed to really say I can have CP and live a regular independent life. I bought things like an automatic can opener to help me open cans, installed a quick jar opener, bought an instapot to make cooking easier, got a cat to watch over me. I found what works and what I need to be successful. Oh and my apartment location brought me to corepower yoga where I learned how amazing yoga is for my body.
I had friends and family come over and share stories and laughter. I finished my Master's degree while living there. I loved to people watch from my window, I gained how to style a home and make it mine, I have cried and laughed and shared some of the best memories and some of the worst in that apartment.
Apartment 337 gave me so much more than a place to live. It gave me a life I never dreamed of and for that is the reason I cried my eyes out on move out day.
Closing a chapter and moving on to a new chapter by myself is a season I never saw coming. For I always pictured a partner in my new chapter. For this I am still processing and for this I know my God has a plan and sometimes all we can do is let go and trust. My God has been faithful my whole life and has allowed me to reach my dreams and become a successful woman with CP. Sometimes we need to close that chapter in order to find an even better chapter and for that I am trusting to be true. Goodbye apartment 337 (thanks for the beautiful memories) and hello homeownership!
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